US Patent Issued to Advanced Suspension Technology on Oct. 28 for "Space saving pressure relief valves for suspension dampers" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,991, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Space saving pressure relief valves for suspension dampers" was invented by Stefan Deferme (Heusden-Zolder, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper with inner and outer tubes, a piston rod extending between first and second piston rod ends, and a piston mounted to the second piston rod end. The piston is disposed within the pressure tube to define rebound and compression chambers. A fluid transport chamber is positioned between the inner and outer tubes and an intake valve assembly, abutting one end of the pressure tube inside the...